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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Masachapa in Nicaragua


Earthquake location 10.7864S, -86.867WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 117 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua (73 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:53:47 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -86.867 West, latitude 10.7864 North, depth = 48.62 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 15:53:47 / April 28, 2018 @ 3:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.62 km (30 miles). Unique identifier: us1000du0l. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000du0l.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 117 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.867° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.7864° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 117km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-28 15:53:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-28 16:13:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 354 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.251 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000du0l Id of event.
Event Code 1000du0l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000du0l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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